My 72 Nova

[Xplantdad]

Some photos of my 1972 Nova at the Street Machine Nationals West at Pomona, circa 1981.

I know, I know...it isn't an original big block car or an SS for that matter. It still was fun. It Started out as an inline 6, which was yanked in favor of a 402 BBC. I worked at and Olds dealer at that time, so I "received" a Turbo 400 from warranty work that was done on another car, and I got the 12 bolt out of a '69 Z/28 that was smashed up.

[Xplantdad]

Here's another shot

[Xplantdad]

Final shot at CCnats. Personal license plate said CULAYTR

[budnate]

cool..is that a Turbo mirror?? I recall running them as well..had completely forgotten about them..those were the days!

Bud.

[427TJ]

This reminds me of feathered hair parted in the middle--we all had it in my high school (class of '80). Wallaby shoes. Levis flares. Corduroy pants. Wheel in the Sky. Foghat. Joe Walsh. Working at the gas station that had the speed shop across the street. Auto Shop, especially on Fridays as the school year came to a close. Cruising the "main" in Walnut Creek (CA), Napa, Petaluma, San Rafael, Castro Valley, San Jose, etc. Pioneer Super Tuner AM/FM/cassette decks, Jensen Tri-axial 6x9 speakers mounted in the rear deck. Saying "Take it easy" when you left your buddies to go to class, work, etc.

I think I'll throw in my copy of "Dazed and Confused."

Take it easy.

[Supercar_Kid]

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cool..is that a Turbo mirror??

[/ QUOTE ]It's funny to me how every decade has it's own cool sounding, but completely unwarranted adjective to describe virtually any otherwise chinsy automotive product. The late 50's had "Deluxe" plastered on everything. In the 60's everything was "Kustom." In the late 70s-early 80s it seems everything was dubbed "Turbo" something or other, from wheels to mirrors, even "Turbo Action" radial tires. The 90's seemed to have spawned a lot of "Euro" type designs, which mostly just meant it was painted flat black, and I guess the term for the new millenium has become "Extreme" or the even more trendy "X-treme." Heck, my deodorant even comes in an X-treme version nowadays. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif What gimmicky term will they come up with next? http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

[427TJ]

Don't forget bad boyz with bad toyz... http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif

[Xplantdad]

BUDNATE
Yep, those were the cool turbo mirrors...though I didn't paint match them to the car color like everyone else was doing.

427TJ
You described ne to a tee! Are you sure we didn't go to school together? I did work at a gas station across the street from a speed shop! I didn't have a super tuner...I did it one better. I had a Concord tape deck..way more $$ than super tuners, though I had the Jensen 6x9 Tri-Axials.

I wish the car was still around. I sold it to the kid across the street, who then sold the engine to some guy who put the engine in a bracket car. The last time I saw the body, it was sitting minus engine and trans in front of someones house. At least it wasn't a real SS that got parted out.

Oh yeah, did YOUR school have a senior burnout day? My car was pronounced the "champ" by leaving all my tread in the high school parking lot. Second place was my friends Cougar GT-E with a 427...god that car was fun,too!

[Motion Camaro]

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Oh yeah, did YOUR school have a senior burnout day? My car was pronounced the "champ" by leaving all my tread in the high school parking lot.

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<font color="blue"> I was a sophmore &amp; my best freind was a senior. While doing his burnout http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/burnout.gif, in his '69 Mach 1, he blew out both rear tires. When we were jacking the car up to put 2 new tires, the cops arrested him for doing it. He was like the 20th car, but thats when they showed up. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsdown.gif
I put the tires on &amp; picked him up at the station.
Cost me $20 bucks http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/haha.gif .... sweet memory. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beers.gif </font>

[427TJ]

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Oh yeah, did YOUR school have a senior burnout day?

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No, but two of my buddies stole a gallon of Clorox bleach from the Home Economics classroom and we did "bleach" burnouts that Saturday up on a secluded road near where we lived. Oh, and one night when I worked at the gas station we shot about two gallons of gas out on the smooth concrete where the gas pumps were and did KILLER burnouts. It was a slow evening and we were bored. My buddy pulled his built '66 Chevelle into the gas and power-braked it and spun his Super Charger L60s until the concrete began to overheat and come apart. Pretty soon there were Posi marks all over the area between the gas pump islands. Finally, a local cop drove past and whipped into the station. We had just stopped roasting the meats and the smoke was still clearing and we pretended not to know what was going on. The cop rolled his window down and with a smile on his face he simply said "Not cool." We shrugged and nodded 'okay' and he took off. The next morning my boss opened the station at 6:00 AM and saw all the Posi marks streaking through the pump area. When I came to work after school he asked me if I knew anything about all the marks. I said "Uhh, no." I know he knew we did it but he was a very cool and understanding type. The fractured spots in the concrete are still there 25 years later.

[Xplantdad]

One Wednesday night, I took my Nova to "grudge night" at OCIR. As I was pulling up to the entrance of the track, I noticed that a photog from Hot Rod was there shooting Bob Tietz's Opel for the cover. He was up on a 12 foot ladder.

I knew right then what I had to do. I power braked a did about a minute long burnout, which I concluded by hitting second gear really hard, and got a 12-15 foot patch in third.

The photog turned around on his ladder while I was doing this, and snapped off some shots. I wish that I had some of those photos..they'd be pretty cool now. Once I got into the track, the tech inspector said "don't ever do that again, okay?" and smiled, and started to laugh.

Incidentally, OCIR is long since gone. But the service road that lead to it is still there...if you know how to find it. The last time I was there in 1996, there was still a faded reminder of my burnout.